Communications Of Kazakhstan

Telephones main lines in use	2,081,900 (2002)
Telephones mobile cellular	1.027 million (2002)
Telephone system	general assessment: service is poor; equipment antiquated domestic: intercity by landline and microwave radio relay; mobile cellular systems are available in most of Kazakhstan international: country code - 7; international traffic with other former Soviet republics and China carried by landline and microwave radio relay and with other countries by satellite and by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat
Radio broadcast stations	AM 60, FM 17, shortwave 9 (1998)
Radios	6.47 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations	12 (plus nine repeaters) (1998)
Televisions	3.88 million (1997)
Internet country code	.kz
Internet hosts	21,984 (2004)
Internet Service Providers ISPs	10 (with their own international channels) (2001)
Internet users	250,000 (2002)